RUSSN 212B

19th-Century Russian Literature: Age of Realism

Russian · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

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Survey devoted to emergence of critical and psychological realism, beginning with early works of Turgenev, Goncharov, and Dostoevsky, moving to major novels of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Saltykov-Shchedrin, and concluding with works of the presymbolist period, especially short stories of Chekhov. Course 212B or 292B is required for MA (literature).

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When it runs

Winter 2027

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RUSSN 212B

RUSSN 292Seminar: 19th-Century Russian Literature
RUSSN 294Seminar: Russian Literary Criticism

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